2013 Event An area located off the coast of the Aleutian Islands records a magnitude 7.0 earthquake 1946 Event Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo, Hawaii 1943 Event Japan leaves Aleutian Islands 1943 Event U.S. 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st U.S. territory recaptured) 1942 Event Japanese troops lands on Attu, Aleutian Islands